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Having It All

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE IT ALL?

You can’t have it all!  I mean – where would you put it??
Oh wait, you’d get all the storage containers, too.  Never mind….

“Having It All” is a delusion.  It means that someone has lied to themselves, or has been lied to.  It’s a mental muddle, suffered by those who are insecure.  Even the Bill Gates, and the Elon Musks, can’t have it all.

“Having It All” afflicts the Type-A men and women.  It’s a social and financial disorder.  It’s not really about all the physical things they can acquire.  It’s the proof – most importantly to themselves – to others, that they can achieve greatly in business, but still be a great husband/wife, or father/mother, hosting parties and barbecues, and driving kids – who often don’t want to go – to music lessons, dance, yoga, skating, art lessons, and all too often, to therapy.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting, and wanting more.  Society wouldn’t advance if someone didn’t want something they didn’t have.  But studies have shown that Have-It-Alls are generally not inventive or innovative.  They’re the ones just running in place, producing more and more of the same old shit.

The Bible Commandment orders that Thou shalt not covet – thy neighbor’s house, or wife, or ox, or ass, or servants…. But, like so many things that are misunderstood, or misinterpreted about the Bible, this is a literal and specific order, not comprehensive and figurative.  You are allowed to desire things, just not stuff that belongs to others.  Get your own.  It would be better for a lot of folks, if the Have-It-Alls could be content with enough, instead of everything.

I am generally content with what I have, but I could always use a little more WordPress love.  C’mon guys – all together – LIKE, FOLLOW, COMMENT!  😉

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Peace, For A Change

The Man Who Does Not Trust Himself – Beats His Wife

The initial furor and uproar about gender reassignment, seems to have largely died off.  Just a few observations.

Men are the most likely to be present at these rantings.  From the comments – the more testosterone-infused, the more Bible-imbued, the more likely a comment, the more numerous the comments, and the more judgmental and moralistic the comments, about something which really is none of their business.

Women appear seriously under-represented at the sermonizings.  Maybe they’re just happy that there is one less dick-waving guy, and one more empathetic gal, or are smart enough to know that it really doesn’t involve them, or their religion has conditioned and controlled them not to speak up, especially in the presence of men.

Another observation – all the light and heat seems to be generated only when a male tries to become a female.  When male swimmer William Thomas wanted to become female Lia Thomas, the He-Man howls could be heard from coast to coast.  When Ellen Page decided to become Elliot Page, a male actor/performer with no discernible talent or presence….  Crickets!!

While I was ensconced in a downtown Toronto hotel when the wife was having cancer surgery, a theater down the street was crammed to the SRO signs.  I had to walk on the far side of the street because the sidewalk was jammed with people trying to attend a show titled, Pageboy.

I wondered what kind of a program was being presented, but quickly decided that it didn’t matter.  She/he/it/they could stand on the stage for an hour, and recite the entire American ZIP-code catalog, from sea A to shining Zee – from Maine to Hawaii.

These folks weren’t here for the talent or entertainment.  P. T. Barnum’s freak show had closed.  They just wanted a look at the little weirdo.  They wanted to be reassured that someone else had a life even more bizarre than theirs.    😮